Regulation 5 Review of the use of secure accommodation

(1)

The Director of Social Work of the appropriate local authority, in consultation with the person in charge of the residential establishment providing the secure accommodation, shall ensure that, where a child has become liable to be detained in secure accommodation by virtue of regulation 4, arrangements are made by them to review the case of such a child—

(a)

at such times as appear to them necessary or appropriate in the light of the child’s progress; and

(b)

in any event at intervals of not more than 3 months;

and the child shall remain liable to be detained in secure accommodation only where, upon such review, the Director of Social Work and the person in charge of the residential establishment are satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child.

(2)

In conducting such a review the Director of Social Work and the person in charge of the residential establishment providing this secure accommodation shall have regard to all relevant circumstances including—

(a)

the matters specified at regulation 4(1)(a) and (b); and

(b)

where practicable, the opinion of the child and the opinion of his parents.